TSotF - The life of a Princess

The life of a Princess
When I was particularly in the Princess's favour, I was sometimes bold enough to ask her more of her own story.

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The Story of the Fountain
'The Princess becomes melancholic when she drinks grape wine from the Silver Tree - the drink that symbolises the West...'

I asked her what about the wine made her pensive. She stared into her golden cup, and closed her eyes. 'It is not the wine, but what it represents. My past and my future, do you see? I wanted the Silver Tree to show my father that our empire was already magnificent; that it was not worth expanding at the expense of family. I designed the serpents to represent unity, but I fear he sees them as a spur to ambition...'

She no longer pretended she had not had a hand in making the fountain. I asked about her future.

'With William,' she said simply. 'He comes from the west too. Will I ever see it? Or will my father and brothers and uncles and nephews keep me here forever?'

Find the rest of the story at: http://silvertree.storynexus.com/